MacDonnell Heights

MacDonnell Heights is a census-designated place in the town of Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, MacDonnell Heights had a population of 1,291.

Type: Village with 1,290 residents
Description: census-designated place in New York, United States
Also known as: “MacDonnell Heights, New York”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center and Class of 1951 Observatory.

Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center

Arts center

Photo: Poughkeepsieman, Public domain.

The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, commonly known as the Loeb, is a teaching museum, major art repository, and exhibition space on the campus of Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is situated 2½ miles southwest of MacDonnell Heights.

Class of 1951 Observatory

Observatory

Photo: Bobamnertiopsis, CC BY 4.0.

The Class of 1951 Observatory is located near the eastern edge of the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, on Vassar College's campus. The observatory was built in 1997 and sponsored by the Vassar class of 1951 who donated funds for its construction on the occasion of their forty-fifth reunion. Class of 1951 Observatory is situated 2½ miles southwest of MacDonnell Heights.

Cushing House

Dormitory

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Cushing House is a four-story dormitory on Vassar College's campus in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York. A response to freshmen overcrowding, the college's Board of Trustees hurried the Allen & Collens-designed building, named for college librarian and alumna trustee Florence M. Cushing House is situated 2 miles southwest of MacDonnell Heights.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arlington and Fairview.

Arlington

Town

Photo: Dtobias, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Arlington is a neighborhood and census-designated place in the town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, and United States. As of the 2020 census, Arlington had a population of 3,010. Arlington is situated 2 miles southwest of MacDonnell Heights.

Fairview

Town

Fairview is a hamlet and census-designated place in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 5,475 at the 2020 US census, down from 5,515 at the 2010 census. Fairview is situated 3 miles west of MacDonnell Heights.

Titusville

Hamlet

Titusville is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of LaGrange, New York, in Dutchess County, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 729. Titusville is situated 3 miles south of MacDonnell Heights.

MacDonnell Heights

Categories: census-designated place in the United States, unincorporated community, and locality
Location: Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, Mid-Hudson and Catskills, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.71047° or 41° 42′ 38″ north

Longitude

-73.86529° or 73° 51′ 55″ west

Population

1,290

Elevation

217 feet (66 metres)

Open location code

87H8P46M+5V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158808580

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

5125584

Wikidata ID

Q108084161

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“MacDonnell Heights” goes by many names.

Chinese: “麥克唐奈海茨 (紐約州)”
Chinese: “麥克唐奈海茨”
French: “MacDonnell Heights”
Gilaki: “مک‌دانل هایتز (نيۊیؤرک)”
Gilaki: “مک‌دانل هایتز”
Irish: “MacDonnell Heights”
Ladin: “MacDonnell Heights”
Spanish: “MacDonnell Heights”
Turkish: “MacDonnell Heights”

Localities in the Area

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